From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Ashok Gautham <scriptdevil@fastmail.fm>
Cc: 10307@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10307: 23.3; Shell fails to run when current-working-directory is not existant
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 18:03:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d0h370ag.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111216021100.GA2017@byron.anthology> (Ashok Gautham's message of "Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:41:01 +0530")
Ashok Gautham <scriptdevil@fastmail.fm> writes:
> * Steps to reproduce bug
> 1. C-x C-f ~/nonExistant/foo.txt
>
> not do this because I want to use the shell to run a command that
> (Message: Type M-x make-directory RET RET to create directory) I do
> would create this for me.
>
> 2. M-x shell
> (Message: No such file or directory) Shell does not open
>
> * Expected Behaviour
> 1. Open shell with nearest parent directory that is alive
> (or)
> 2. Prompt for the working-directory for shell
> (or in the worst case)
> 3. Die with an Error: Shell cannot work without an existing current
> directory
(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately have gotten no
responses yet.)
I tried this in Emacs 27, and it seems like this has been fixed in the
years since this bug was filed. In this situation, Emacs now sets
default-directory to "/".
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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2011-12-16 2:11 bug#10307: 23.3; Shell fails to run when current-working-directory is not existant Ashok Gautham
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